Ivory Coast: we must "stop scaring Ivorians", criticizes Alassane Ouattara

Outgoing Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara during an RHDP meeting on August 22, 2020 in Abidjan (illustrative image).

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After visiting the Morounou region earlier this month, the Ivorian president spent four days in the Marahoué region.

At the end of this new "state visit", in front of the notables and the inhabitants of Bouaflé, in the center of the country, Alassane Ouatarra addressed his political opponents. 

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With our correspondent in Abidjan,

François Hume-Ferkatadji

The law has been said and the democratic game is now open,

 " assured the Ivorian president to Bouaflé.

Far from responding to the demands of the opposition, which calls in particular for the dissolutions of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) and the Constitutional Council,

Alassane Ouattara

lambasted his opponents.

He accuses them of instrumentalizing young people " 

instead of finding them jobs 

".

He denounces attempts to disrupt the electoral process.

“ 

We must stop scaring Ivorians.

I know that calls for civil disobedience will go nowhere 

"commented the Head of State, referring to the call for mobilization launched a week earlier by the

" united front "of the opposition

.

The opposition pilloried

The presidential visit took on the appearance of meetings when the Prime Minister rose to the rostrum.

Hamed Bakayoko has long defended the record of the past ten years and vilified opponents.

Unconscious

 ", "

 they incite violence, they incite rebellion

 " he denounced.

"

 If there is destruction of public or private property, in the evening we will be at your house to bring you the bill 

", warned the Prime Minister.

In recent months, Alassane Ouattara has increased his visits to the regions, where he has chained the inaugurations of roads or the electrification of villages.

In recent weeks, the opposition has accused the presidency of using state resources to campaign for the presidential election.

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